Samuel jasper mason



(No Model.)

S. J. MASON.

END GATE FOR WAGONS.

No. 409,418. Patented Aug. 20, 1889.

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SAMUEL JASPER MASON, on MEAD, NEBRASKA.

EN D GATE FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409313, dated August 20, 1889.

I Application filed May 14, 1889. Serial No. 310,706. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL JASPER MASON, of Mead, Saunders county, Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Improvement in End-Gates for IVagons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a new and improved. end-gate for wagons, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view with the gate closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the gate down. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 4. is a plan view. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detail views hereinafter referred to.

The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring to the Several parts by letter, A indicates the rear part of a wagon to which my invention is shown applied.

B indicates a metal hinge-plate, which for convenience of reference will be called the wagon hinge-plate, as it is Secured to the wagon. This hinge-plate is a flat plate of such length as to fit between the cleats at the sides of the rear end of the wagon-bottom,

being secured thereon, as shown, by means of bolts 0, passing through transverse slots B B in the plate, which renders the hingeplate adjustable backward or forward, the bolts having nuts 0 on their lower threaded ends. The ends of the wagon hinge-plate are recessed or cut out sufficiently to avoid interference with the wagon-box irons in case they are attached to the inside of the wagon-box on the cleats. This flat wagon hinge-plate is formed with the hinges B? B at its rear edge, and serves both as a hinge-plate and also to protect the rear end of the wagon-bottom from the wear of the scoop-shovel in shoveling corn out of the wagon.

D indicates a flat hinge-plate, which I will call the gate hinge-plate, as it is secured to the inner side of the wagon-gate A, usually by two bolts E E at each end, as shown. The lower edge of this hinge-plate is formed with hinges D and the two plates B and D are hinged together by a steel rod F, which is formed with a handle-rin g f at one end and a transverse perforation f at the other, through which a spring-key f passes.

G G indicate two levers formed at their free I I indicate connecting-rods, which are formed with eyes I I at both ends, and are pivoted at one end on pins G2 on the levers near their handle ends and at their other ends on pins A near the upper end of the wagon-gate A. It will be seen that by drawing back the levers Gr by their handles the end-gate will be lowered, as shown in Fig. 2, while when the levers are pushed forward and down to raise and close the gate the connecting-rods I will pass down below the pivotal points II of the levers G, where they are stopped by the end Stops G of the levers, and the levers will thus be automatically locked, holding the end gate firmly and securely locked in its closed position. By pulling out the spring-key f the hinge-rod F can be drawn out, releasing the end-gate at the bottom for the purpose of emptying grain into an ele-' vator-dump and for similar purposes. The same results can be obtained by loosening the nuts 0 G on the bolts 0 O, which pass through the slots B B of the plate B, allowing the plate B to pull out and move back with the end-gate, thus releasing the grain with very little trouble. necting-rod may, when desired, be employed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The combination of the flat metal com-. bined re-enforcing and hinge wagon-plate B, extending the full width of the rear end of the wagon and formed at its outer edge with the hinges B and the gate hinge-plate D, having the hinges at its lower edge and hinged to said wagon-plate, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination,with awagon-body having a hinged end-gate, of the levers G, pivoted near their lower ends to the wagon-body, and the connecting-rods I, pivoted at one end to the gate and at their other ends to the'levers G, near the upper ends of the same, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with'a wagon-body having a hinged end-gate, of thelevers G, pivoted Only one lever and con- I near their lower ends to the wagon-body and formed at their lower ends with the stops G, and the connecting-rods I, pivoted at one end to the gate and at their other ends to the levers G, near the upper ends of the same, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with a wagon, of the end-gate, the pivoted levers and pivoted connecting-rods, and the hinge formed of the wagon and gate hinge-p1ates, and the removable hinge-rod, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with a Wagon, of the end-gate, the pivoted levers and pivoted connecting-rods, and the gate hinge-plate, the wagon-plate hinged to the gateplate and formed with the transverse slots, and the threaded bolts having the nuts, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with a wagongof the end-gate, the pivoted levers and pivoted eonneeting-rods, the gate hinge-plate, the wagon hinge-plate formed with the transverse slots, the removable hinge-rod, and the threaded bolts having the nuts on their lower ends, substantially as set forth.

SAMUEL JASPER MASON. 

